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America’s Golden Age:
Private & Pioneer Gold Coins
of the United States 1786-1862

Ww Donald H. Kagin, Ph. D
and David J, McCarthy

UTAH

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SOCIETY
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Vice President Doug Nyholm 801-918-9522
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Curator Darin Lee 801-556-0789
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Mike Rek 916-806-0923
Robie Cagle 801-869-0605

Chris Larsen 801-300-9763

Larry Nielsen 801-870-2344
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2023 OFFICERS & BOARD

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE — September 2023

Lavar Burton

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Hi UNS Club members

We had a total of 44 in attendance at our Aug. meeting, three were guests, one joined.
as a new member, his name is Braeden McKee. We welcome him to our Club.

I want to thank Bruce Greggs for his coin quiz, John Hinckley for News & Views.
They both had Mini Exhibits. Thanks to Sherry Gunderson and Jan Reninger for the
Refreshments.

There were many tables set up for bourse night, The Club members had a lot of coins
for sale, I hope you were able to add to your collection.

This month we will have David Larsen as our guest speaker. He will show us ways
to put a coin exhibit together for our upcoming coin show. This will help you win “Best
of Show” or “People's Choice” awards.

Thanks to all.

LaVar Burton President

Contents & Agenda For September 12, 2023

Greetings - LaVar Burton Pioneer/Territorial book Review
Mini Exhibit - TBA Ugly Coins

News & Views - TBA Buffalo Nickels

Coin Quiz - TBA CherryPicking book
Refreshments - TBA Quiz

Editors Message

Meeting , September 12, 2023, 7PM

Meeting location is:
Columbus Center - 2530 South 500 East —Salt Lake City

UNS CALENDAR FOR 2023

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL
Swearing in new officers (Guest Speaker / TBA Auction Guest Speaker
Coin show info No News & Views or Quiz
Board members intro. Ogden Coin Show/Layton

Dues Renewal Dues Renewal Dues Renewal

MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST
Club Birthday Youth Night UNS Picnic Bourse
Medals Voting
Club Members speaking - NUTS Coin Show 9-10
Favorite coin/How you got

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

Successful Coin Displays | Auction Guest Speaker / TBA Christmas Dinner

David Larson No News & Views or Quiz

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SPECIAL BOOK REVIEW

AMERICA’S GOLDEN AGE:

Private & Pioneer Gold Coins of the United States 1786-1862
By Donald H. Kagin, Ph.D. and David J. McCarthy

The book on Pioneer and Territorial gold has arrived.
This follows up Donald Kagins 1981 book on territorial pW her) tsi va tas
gold, but as stated, is not a second edition. This book is HBgivuaea@wuicomen Coins
a work that should appeal to everyone who in interested FRRUSUC UST eT SS Wits bly
in history, numismatics, and gold coinage whether they
have ever owned, or desire to own a piece of history
from the many territorial and private mints that operated
in our nation from 1786 to 1862.

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This is more than a reference book, it is a beautiful cof- J
fee table sized book which displays virtually every gold |
coin privately minted in the United States. Each page or
pages have oversize images of the top graded examples
of the type and variety from each mint. Additionally, as
the majority of these masterpieces from private mints are
rare or very rare, their rarity ratings and comments about [J
known examples are stated. Also, each mint has a multi- ff
page historical writeup and each of its coins are de-
scribed.

The book is formatted in chronological order beginning
with the Brasher Doubloons of 1786 then onto the south-
ern mints of Templeton Reed and Christopher Bechtler. Next the mints in Oregon and Utah (Mormon) who
struck some of the earliest coins from Caifornia gold. Notably the Mormon $20 coin were the first of that
denomination ever struck in the United States. Extensively covered is the California controversary and gov-
ernment intervention beginning in 1850 and the state assay office and regulation of private coinage. The
Moffatt and Humbert coinage among others leading to the establishment of the San Francisco mint are well
discussed. Finally the coins which came from the Colorado gold rush emanating from Clark & Gruber and
others followed by the final coin from Utah and the Mormons are discussed.

The book is published in an oversize coffee table size of 12x10 and printed in high quality heavyweight pa-
per in full color. There, in addition to outstanding pictures of each coin are included many historical photo-
graphs in each chapter. Each coin is shown enlarged to several times its original size to show all the details
as well as pictured in it original size. The book consists of 232 pages and has a list price of $99.99. It can be
ordered directly from Kagins on line or by callng 888-852-4467. Once again, this is a book that belongs on
the bookshelf of every serious collector and historian.

1849 $5 Norris, Gregg & Norris

Unlike many of the private issues that would follow them, the Norris, Gregy & Norris $5's design was
fadically different from federal coinage The obverse featured a stylized heraldic cagle holding a shield
| “emblazoned with the numeral 5, surrounded by the legend “CALIFORNIA GOLD. WITHOUT
© ALLOY" The reverse advertised that it was the “FULL WEIGHT OF HALF EAGLE."The 1849
issues from the firm are found with both plain and reeded edges and based upon die stare evidence and
the carly report of an example with a plain edge in New Orleans, it would be reasonable 10 conclude
"+ that the plain edge variety was struck first. The reeded edge types come with and without a period after
© VALLOY, which was likely caused by a filled dic. The style and quality of their design suguests that
Norris, Gregg & Norris hiad their dics engraved in New York before their departure for the gokl fields.

Aetapat Size

N.G&N, SAN FRANCISCO, 1849 22 stars around, es

: * NIA GOLD,
$5 on Federal Hayle CALIFOR! PULL WEIGHT OF. HALF EAGLE

WITHOUT ALLOY.

Plain Exige

of the C ahpermat Gold Rush

1848 — 18.49: Precursor Mints

Office: 1851

Humnbert/Zabriskle/Garrete/Kagin Specimen

1851 $50 Humbert Reeded Edge 887-Thousandths Ist Reverse

Somewhere around 75 K-6 slugs exist in private hands, with around ten examples grading mint state
The K-6 obverse dic is known to exhibit some apparent dic rust in later states The 887 Obverse die

is paired with two reverse dies, and it is the reverse dic that determines whether an 1851 Humbert :
$87-Thousandths $50 is a K-6 or K-7. The K~6 reverse dic has a lange “target” at ite conte, and hay outer
engine turning that often extends beyond the edge of the coin. Two were found on the SS. Central
America,

inscribed LIKE RTY
pp STATES A
sor AMERIC

K-6 Proof

K+ 183

BIN ~ 1849. p
S19: Precursor Mints of the California Gold Rush

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1969-S Lincoln Cent. FS-101.
Doubled Die Obverse.
MS-63+ RD (PCGS). CAC.
Realized: $72,000
A very strong bid, well above the
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1792 Half Disme. LM-1, Judd-7,
Pollock-7. Rarity-4.
Fine-15 (PCGS). CAC.
Realized: $120,000

Shattered the previous record
for the grade by nearly three times!

1821 Capped Bust Quarter. B-5.
Rarity-7+ as a Proof.
Proof-64 (PCGS).
Realized: $252,000
All time highest price realized,
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for a PCGS Proof-67 sold in 2015.

1870-CC Liberty Head Eagle. Winter 1-A.
AU-58 (PCGS). CAC.
Realized: $1,080,000
Surged passed the PCGS Price Guide Proof-58 (PCGS).

1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar.
O-118a. Unique as a Proof.
Square Base 2, Small 8s, Large Letters.

value of $750,000 and realized

more than three times the CAC CPG value! Hectares ST 00

A world record for any 1828 half dollar
variety in any designation.

1815 Capped Head Left Half Eagle. 1819 Capped Head Left Half Eagle.
BD-1. Rarity-7. BD-1. Rarity-6+. 5D/50. 1830 Capped Head Left Half Eagle.
MS-64 (PCGS). MS-64 (PCGS). CAC. BD-1. Rarity-6. Large D.
Realized: $720,000 Realized: $384,000 MS-66 (PCGS). CAC.
A fabulous price realized, surpassed A record price, surpassing Realized: $420,000
only by the MS-65 Pogue example. results achieved even Surpassed the previous auction record
by higher graded examples! for the issue by over $100,000!

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UGLY COINS
Doug Nyholm

I recently received the August 14th edition of Coin World with the cover story “US Mint Unveils 2024
Quarters.” Shown was the 2024 coin recognizing Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray. Now, I have no idea who this
person is and very possibly she is deserving of being recognized on a coin, but in looking at the image of

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the coin it strikes me of a totally hideous design. But then I am
a collector who appreciates the designs from 100-150 years ago
that depicted allegorical figures and designs presenting Liberty
in various artistic forms. Many people admire the St. Gaudens
design on the $20 gold coin minted from 1907-1933 as one of, if
not, the most beautiful US coin. Other classic designs which
have also been adopted and re-used on our modern bullion coins
is the Mercury or Winged Head of Liberty designed by Adolph
Weinman. The classic Buffalo Nickel design from 1913-1938
designed by James Earle Fraser which has also been adopted for
use on modern Gold Bullion coins and finally, another design by
Adolph Weinman used on Half Dollars from 1916-1947 has now
graced our Silver Bullion coins for almost half a century.

The beginning of the end of classic beautiful coinage was at the

end of the Indian Head Cent in 1909 after 50 years of production at

which time the era of dead Presidents took over our coinage. Don’t
get me wrong, Abraham Lincoln was a great man, but I am just not
an advocate for dead Presidents on our coinage.

Getting back to our current coinage designs which began with the
statehood quarters, they were all different with usually a state theme
many times something in nature. This brought tens of thousands of |/
people into our hobby. Unfortunately, many thought that by collect-
ing them that they would soon become valuable, or at least worth
more than their face value. I just recently purchased a coin collec-

tion and took about
$2000 face value of
these rolls to the bank.
Anything minted today
in quantities in the hundreds of millions will never be
worth a significant premium in our lifetime, if then. Then
came the National Park issues which were collected even
less. Then the Presidential dollars which ceased general
circulation part way into the series. Initial mintages dra-
matically went down due to lack of demand even for the
collector only issues.

Today we have the Innovation Dollars which are also gen-
erally horrible in their design with the date and mintmark

placed on the edge. I personally know of absolutely no
one who collects them.

Now we have come to the women on our quarters and it
seems like most of the general public does not know who
these women are on these quarters. The artistic designs
have further gone downhill. Politics have taken over
who and what now appears on our coinage. Do you
know anyone who actively collects any of these modern
issues?

I am writing this while on a camping trip and blindly
showed a picture of several of the 2024 designs to a fel-
low camper who has no interest in collecting coins. She,
to my surprise, said she kind of liked several of the de-
signs and it is a good idea to recognize famous people,
women, or otherwise on our coins. Other than my point-
ing out these designs I doubt that this non-collector

would have ever given a second glance of who or what is on their pocket change other than it spends. I may
be out of touch which may come from my past when collecting Buffalo Nickels and Mercury Dimes from

circulation had ties to our country, beauty and Liberty.

In any event, there I said it. Modern coins are generally ugly and inspire nothing of Patriotism, Liberty and

Country, at least in me. What do you think?

SEPTERMBER PRIZES

Youth: State Quarter sets 5-coin (2), Apollo 13 Coin
On-time: 2010 First Spouse Bronze Medal Set

Member: 1982 Washington Commemorative Proof Half Dollar
GENERAL PRIZES

Drawing:

1976 Bicentennial Proof Set

1963 $2 FR 1513 X 3 sequential cu
Morgan Dollar in display holder
2009 P Braille Commemorative Proof Dollar
Silver Denarius

1921 Morgan Dollar

AU Peace Dollar

Silver Eagle

1993 Gibraltar Crown Proof Silver
1964 D Kennedy Half FS103 TDO
5 S-Mint Quarters BU

Silver 1/10 oz set

e e e e e e e e e e e eo +

Buy-of-the-Month:

For the Buy-of-the-Month, we have a number of very nice 40% Silver Eisenhower Dol-
lars. There are UNC and Proof versions for all the years they were issued. This is a
great opportunity to get those hard-to-find silver versions for your sets! The UNC coins
will sell for $12 and the Proof coins for $15. Come early to get the best pick.

Thanks to our curator Darin Lee for these prizes.

SHORT SET OF BUFFALO NICKELS 1934-1938
Doug Nyholm

I thought it might be interesting to assemble a BU set of Buffalo Nickels The dates from 1934-1938 are con-
sidered to be a “Short Set” and Capital Plastics has created a lucite holder to display these nickels so I pur-
chased one and started my set. I first attended a coin show in Sandy ready to purchase the 12 nickels required
to complete the set. I thought that Buffalo Nickels aren’t really that old and I would have my choice of sever-
al coins of each date to fill the holder. I set out to purchase flashy BU examples, raw if possible, but was plan-
ning to crack out a certified coin if it met my criteria. I was looking for nickels grading from MS-63 to MS-

At the first show I started with a flashy raw 1938-D graded MS-66, which seemed accurate and the price was
right. It was a very attractive coin. I was able to find 4 others but was surprised that I couldn't complete the
entire set by searching all the dealers at one coin show. A couple of months later at the next show in Sandy I
continued my hunt and found five more in nice condition but was again surprised that other than a single date,
the 1937-D, there were no equivalent duplicates on the floor. Finally, needing only the 1934 and 1934-D I
went to see Bob Campbell at All About Coins in Salt Lake and found that he was also lacking these last two
coins I needed. Bob was going to the Long Beach show the next week and I asked if he could pick up these
two coins and was sure when I contacted him the following week he would have the dates I needed. I was
very surprised that although looking over the many dealers at Long Beach he came home empty handed.
These are not rare coins and I wondered why such an endeavor would be so difficult.

In the meantime I was perusing the ads in Coin World and Numismatic News only to find virtually no listings
for choice 1934 or 1934-D Buffalos. Not even for an unreasonable price, raw or certified. I did look at EBay
and found a couple of possibilities but decided not to order them.

Next step I asked Bob to search at the ANA in Pittsburg for them as he would be in attendance. Upon his re-

turn I finally was able to pick up these last two coins to complete my set. The 1934 was a raw example
graded MS-64 while the 1934-D was also graded MS-64 in an old green PCGS holder. Bob reported that
even at the ANA he did quite a bit of searching in order to locate them.

Up until now all my coins purchased were raw and fit nicely into my Capital holder. I now have a dilemma,
should I crack out the 1934-D in a PCGS OGH holder to place it in the Capitol holder or not? My gut feel-
ing is to leave it housed in the PCGS holder and display it next to the Capitol holder.

My conclusions from this endeavor is that coin collecting is virtually always a challenge, especially if you
are looking for something with a specific appearance and/or grade. What may at the outset appear to be a
simple task may, as it was in my Buffalo short set, turn out to be quite challenging.

I have previously owned and sold several complete seta of Buffalo Nickels but none, even short sets, in
flashy BU condition. It was a very interesting and informative undertaking. Final note, I spent just over
$700 for the set, far more than I expected but have a very nice flashy short set of Buffalo Nickels to add to
my collection.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

After finishing this article I opened up my copy of Newmasmatic News which just arrived in the mail.
Their item of the week was a 1934-D Buffalo Nickel. It was titled “1934-D Buffalo Nickel Gets Better and
Better.”

The article stated that Buffalo nickels have not really been in the numismatic limelight and have not seen a
lot of activity such as other series. There are no outstanding rarities other than three significant errors, the
1916 DDO, 1918/17-D overdate, and the 1937-D 3-legged Buffalo. A lot of collectors do not include error
coins in their sets. This leaves mostly common coins in circulaced grades with only the 1926-S which has a
mintage less than | million coins and can escalatein value in higher grades.

In regard to the 1934-D the country was in the midst of a depression. Nickels were extensively used in cir-
culation and their value was significant in that economy. Few collectors saved them opting for other coins.
Therefor the 1934-D with the lowest mintage in years has now become expensive and scarce in uncirculated
grades. There is a reason for just about everything in numismatics.

Cherrypickers Guide / Sixth Edition Volume II
Bill Fivaz & J.T. Stanton

The new 6th edition Volume II of the Cherrypick-
ers guide just arrived at my mailbox after debut- oy ;
ing at the recent ANA show in Pittsburg. This is Ss An Official Whitman* Guidebook
actually the ninth book in the Cherrypickers series
which began in 1990. The original book covered 9
Flying Eagle Cents to Gold and consisted of CHERRYPICKERS

about 175 pages. The second and third editions

followed in 1991 and 1994 with a greatly expand- TO RARE Ea
ed number of entries. Beginning in 2000 the edi- ie ohana

tions were split into Volume I which covered Half
Cents through Jefferson nickels containing a 2 SS ee A
whopping 422 pages. It wasn’t util 2006 that = oon ost 4 “\ /. a ( wae
Volume II of this 4th edition was released cover- ee MAG MRE, ees, ond Our Dols,
ing Half Dimes thru Gold and also included clas- tes) ,

sic commemoratives. Volume II contained 488
pages.

Next issued was Volume I of the 5th edition in
2009 while Volume II came three years later in
2012. These combined volumes consisted of 850
pages covering everything from Half Cents to ;
Gold plus commemoratives and bullion. S saa tl

ee
: as : '

ae the 6th Edition Volume I was released in BIL |, Hl lV \ Ie Je r rT WV "ON

covering Half Cents thru Nickels and tout-
ing over 140 new varieties. It was eight years be-
fore Volume II was released. This years edition
covers Half Dimes, Dimes, 20 Cents, and Quar-
ters, 1800-Date in 282 pages. In reading the preface it makes comment about a forthcoming Volume III
which will cover the remaining denominations of Half Dollars, Silver Dollars, Trade Dollars, Modern Dollars,
Gold Coins, Classic Commemoratives and Philippine coins,

Q. David Bowers and Kenneth Bressett

Lorry Briggs, Volume Editor - Forewords by

In order to ger the maximum effectiveness out of these Cherrypickers Guides one must use at least the past
several volumes and editions as any one does not cover everything. Also, as listed in the current edition prior
to each denomination there is a list of removed coins as well as new varieties. The majority of coins removed
are ones that as stated were done due to lack of collector interest. Many are minor doubled dies and/or re-
punched dates or mintmarks.

Another useful feature are notations for where varieties can be found including RB for Red Book variety, MR
for Mega Red Book Variety, N-New Listing PC-Pocket Change and YN-Young Numismatist or novice col-
lector.

Many listed varieties can still be identified with some being valued in the hundreds of dollars or higher.
Many unidentified varieties are still possible awaiting discovery for both old and modern coins. You could
easily pay for the purchase price of this book with just a single discovery.

This 6th Edition Volume IJ is available directly from Whitman or other book dealers for a very reasonable
price of $39.95. It contains 282 pages on standard paper in black and white format. My only criticism of the
book is the binding. True, it lies flat when opened which is a plus when identifying varieties but especially
when the book is new the double ring metal coil binding causes the pages to stick together at the binding and
care must be used in order to prevent tearing.

All in all it is a very worthwhile book which should be in the library of any serious variety collector.

Ped CHERRYPICKER'S GUIDE
VO RARE DIE VARIETIES
, BILL FIVAZ & |. T STANTON ZA

First edition of the CherryPickers Guide

HARRY W. BASS JR. COLLECTION

The final portion of the collection,
Part IV concluded at the recent ANA
convention.

Highlighted was the 1907 Ultra High
Relief St. Gaudens Double Eagle in
PCGS Proof-69 sold for $4.32 Million
and drew 73 bids. The entire Bass col-
lection (4 Parts ) garnered an amaz-
ing $83.86 Million.

The Money Quiz

Don’t Look / See how many you can get right by memory

1. What year was the last Sacagawea dollar issued for circulation?

A) 1999 B) 2001

C) 2005 D) 2006

2. What year was the last Presidential Dollar issued for circulation?
A) 2009 B) 2011

C) 2013 D) 2014

3. In what year was the last Presidential Dollar issued?

A) 2018 B) 2019

C) 2020 D) 2021

4. The Native American Dollars series were struck for circulation in what year(s)?
A) 2008 B) 2009

C) 2010 D) 2011

5. Have any American Innovation Dollars ever been struck for circulation?

A) Yes B) No

6. Privy marks were added to American Innovation Dollars in what year?
A) 2018 B) 2019

C) 2021 D) 2022

7. Susan B. Anthony dollars were issued for how many years?
A) 2 B) 3

C) 4 D) 5

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EDITOR’S MESSAGE

Recently there have been quite a few new numismatic
books released or announced to be forthcoming. Two of
them are reviewed in this Mint Master. One is the new
6th edition Volume II of the Cherrypickers guide. Then,
first and foremost is the long awaited book on Pioneer
and Territorial gold by Donald Kagin. Please make sure
that you take a look at these reviews.

In addition, the Mega Red Book 9th edition was released
several weeks ago. This 1,500 page book is a treasure
trove on numismatic information from A to Z. This edi-
tion features $2.50 gold coins.

Another recent arrival is a book devoted solely to 1839
Philadelphia half dollars by Jim Koenings. It includes 31
varieties mostly Capped Bust design but also covers the
1939 Liberty Seated coins. There are actually quite a few
books written about a single date, coin or variety.

I am also waiting on the book coming out by Stacks cov-
ering U.S. Treasury Notes From 1812 to 1865. Another
book that I have on order is one about early silver dollar
varieties entitled “Eagle Perched on a Bank of Clouds:
The United States Silver Dollars of 1795-1798” Quite a
mouthful, by Harry Salyards. It covers all 13 known vari-
eties in depth and supposedly uncovers multiple myths
concerning their production.

Finally I have also ordered a new book from Whitman
entitled “Safeguarding History” By Kenneth Rendel. It
just sounds like a very interesting title and is due to be
shipped in September. So, look forward to some upcom-
ing book reviews.

As you know I have a very Extensive numismatic library
which I use almost daily for enjoyment and research.
Now I don’t expect the average collector to amass over
2,000 books and periodicals but I do subscribe to the fact
that the more you know about your hobby the better off
you will be and your enjoyment will increase.

One other item in numismatics or anything else is that
knowledge is power and power equates to money. I urge
all of you to add a book or two of interest to your library.

Sincerely,

Doug Nyholm

PRC
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UNS Membership Application

Application for membership in the “Utah Numismatic Society

P.O. Box 65054, Salt Lake City, UT 84165
Name(s) of Applicants:

Address:

E-Mail:

Phone Number:

Signature:

ANNUAL DUES
$30 Family $20 Adult $5 Junior / Under 18

By signing this application I

acknowledge that I have never
Where & When we meet: been convicted of a felony.

Second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P.M.
Columbus Center / 2530 South 500 East, SLC, UT 84115

Quiz Answers

The Utah Numismatic Society is now enjoying its 70th year
serving collectors in Utah. We sponsor an annual coin show
held in Sandy which you may have attended. Our monthly
meetings are held monthly on the second Tuesday in Salt Lake
City. We have many knowledgeable, as well as novice and be-
ginning collectors, in attendance every month.

Our monthly publication entitled “The Mint Master” contains
interesting reading featuring articles such as the ’Counterfeit
Corner,’ ‘Book Reviews,’ “Young Numismatists,’ as well as
many other numismatic news-worthy columns.

Our meetings include Bourse, Auctions, expert speakers as well
as our annual “Youth Night” and “Summer Picnic.”

We invite you to attend one of our meetings held at the -

Columbus Center, 2530 S. 500 E., Salt Lake City.

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